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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because they're just writing as they speak, whereas someone who learned English later in life should have a greater understanding that these are different words. I believe I've read about it before.

Here's a quick and dirty link to a discussion on the same topic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Okay, guess that's one explanatio n. It just doesn't fit with what I see (as someone whose studied English for ~6 years). People in my class still confuse "you're" and "your" quite frequently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I believe they were being sarcastic.